2012–13 University of North Dakota women's ice hockey season

The University of North Dakota women's ice hockey team represented the University of North Dakota in the WCHA women's ice hockey conference.

2012–13 University of North Dakota women's ice hockey season
Conference	WCHA
Home ice	Ralph Engelstad Arena
Record
Overall	26–12–1
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Brian Idalski
Assistant coaches	Peter Elander Erik Fabian Eli Rosendahl
Captain(s)	Jocelyne Lamoureux

Offseason

Recruiting

Player	Position	Nationality	Notes
Sam LaShomb	Defense	United States	Attended South St. Paul High School
Johanna Fallman	Defense	Sweden	Member of Swedish National Team
Samantha Hanson	Defense	United States
Marissa Salo	Forward	United States	Attended North American Hockey Academy
Meghan Dufault	Defense	Canada	Competed with Canadian Under-18 National Team
Tanja Eisenschmid	Defense	Germany	Competed with ESV Kaufbeuren in Germany
Amanda Koep	Goaltender	United States	Attended North Wright County High School
Rebecca Kohler	Forward	Canada	Competed in Provincial Women's Hockey League

Regular season

Current record

Overall Record	WCHA Record	Home, Away, Neutral, Exhibition
26–12–1	18–9–1–0 (55 pts.)	15–5–0, 10–5–1, 1–2–0, 0–0–0

Current rankings

Poll	Affiliation	Rank
WCHA Rank	Conference	#NA
USCHO.com Coaches Poll	National	#NA
USA Today Poll	National	#NA
NCAA Pairwise Rank	Post-Season	#NA
USCHO KRACH Rank	Post-Season	#NA
NCAA Ratings Percentage Index	Post-Season	#NA

North Dakota statistics

Name	Stat	National Rank
Scoring Offense	0.00 G/GM (0GF)	#NA
Scoring Defense	0.00 G/GM (0GA)	#NA
Scoring Margin	0.00	#NA
Penalty Minutes	00.0 PIM/GM (0 PM)	#NA
Power Play	00.0% (00/00, 0SHA)	#NA
Penalty Kill	00.0% (00/00, 0SHF)	#NA
Winning Percentage	0–0–0 00.0%	#NA
Unbeaten Streak	0g 0–0–0	#NA

2012-13 schedule and results

•    Green background indicates regulation or overtime win.
•    Red background indicates regulation or overtime loss.
•    White background indicates tie or overtime tie.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	WCHA	Overall	Notes
1	October 5	Minnesota State	3–2	#5 North Dakota		Butters	1,593	0–1–0–0	0–1–0
2	October 6	Minnesota State	1–4	#5 North Dakota		Amsley-Benzie	1,079	1–1–0–0	1–1–0
3	October 12	#6 North Dakota	3–5	#10 Ohio State		Knapp	343	1–2–0–0	1–2–0
4	October 13	#6 North Dakota	2–0	#10 Ohio State		Dagfinrud	295	2–2–0–0	2–2–0
5	October 19	St. Cloud State	1–3	#10 North Dakota		Daginfurd	1,355	3–2–0–0	3–2–0
6	October 20	St. Cloud State	0–1	#10 North Dakota		Daginfurd	1,404	4–2–0–0	4–2–0
7	October 27	#1 Minnesota	5–1	#8 North Dakota		Räty	3,591	4–3–0–0	4–3–0
8	October 28	#1 Minnesota	4–2	#8 North Dakota		Räty	1,289	4–4–0–0	4–4–0
9†	November 2	#4 Clarkson	3–1	#9 North Dakota		Howe	765	4–4–0–0	4–5–0
10†	November 3	#4 Clarkson	2–3	#9 North Dakota		Amsley-Benzie	833	4–4–0–0	5–5–0
11	November 17	#10 North Dakota	3–1	Bemidji State		Dagfinrud	450	5–4–0–0	6–5–0
12	November 18	#10 North Dakota	7–3	Bemidji State		Amsley-Benzie	321	6–4–0–0	7–5–0
13	November 23	Minnesota-Duluth	3–4	North Dakota	OT	Dagfinrud	1,171	7–4–0–0	8–5–0
14	November 24	Minnesota-Duluth	2–5	North Dakota		Amsley-Benzie	1,354	8–4–0–0	9–5–0
15†	November 30	RIT	2–3	#8 North Dakota		Dagfinrud	941	8–4–0–0	10–5–0
16†	December 1	RIT	2–8	#8 North Dakota		Amsley-Benzie	1,073	8–4–0–0	11–5–0
17	December 8	#8 North Dakota	2–3	#9 Wisconsin		Rigsby	1,771	8–5–0–0	11–6–0
18	December 9	#8 North Dakota	1–3	#9 Wisconsin		Rigsby	1,539	8–6–0–0	11–7–0
19†	January 4	#10 North Dakota	7–3	Lindenwood		Dagfinrud	103	8–6–0–0	12–7–0
20†	January 5	#10 North Dakota	8–4	Lindenwood		Amsley-Benzie	103	8–6–0–0	13–7–0
21	January 11	North Dakota	3–6	#1 Minnesota		Räty	2,014	8–7–0–0	13–8–0
22	January 12	North Dakota	3–6	#1 Minnesota		Räty	2,703	8–8–0–0	13–9–0
23	January 18	#7 Wisconsin	0–3	North Dakota		Amsley-Benzie	920	9–8–0–0	14–9–0
24	January 19	#7 Wisconsin	2–1	North Dakota		Rigsby	1,051	9–9–0–0	14–10–0
25	January 25	#9/10 North Dakota	6–2	St. Cloud State		Amsley-Benzie	218	10–9–0–0	15–10–0
26	January 26	#9/10 North Dakota	3–0	St. Cloud State		Amsley-Benzie	230	11–9–0–0	16–10–0
27	February 1	#9 North Dakota	4–2	Minnesota State		Amsley-Benzie	353	12–9–0–0	17–10–0
28	February 2	#9 North Dakota	8–2	Minnesota State		Amsley-Benzie	273	13–9–0–0	18–10–0
29	February 8	Bemidji State	3–4	#8/9 North Dakota	OT	Amsley-Benzie	1,038	14–9–0–0	19–10–0
30	February 9	Bemidji State	0–7	#8/9 North Dakota		Amsley-Benzie	1,160	15–9–0–0	20–10–0
31	February 15	Ohio State	2–5	#7/8 North Dakota		Amsley-Benzie	1,156	16–9–0–0	21–10–0
32	February 16	Ohio State	2–3	#7/8 North Dakota		Amsley-Benzie	1,264	17–9–0–0	22–10–0
33	February 22	#7/8 North Dakota	4–1	Minnesota-Duluth		Amsley-Benzie	1,196	18–9–0–0	23–10-0
34	February 23	#7/8 North Dakota	2–2	Minnesota-Duluth	SO		2,098	18–9–1–0	23–10–1
35	March 1	Minnesota State	6–1	#7/8 North Dakota		Amsley-Benzie	569	18–9–1–0	24–10–1	WCHA First Round
36	March 2	Minnesota State	8–1	#7/8 North Dakota		Amsley-Benzie	1,259	18–9–1–0	25–10–1	WCHA First Round
37	March 8	North Dakota	2–1	Wisconsin		Amsley-Benzie	688	18–9–1–0	26–10–1	WCHA Final Face-off (Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, MN)
37	March 8	North Dakota	0–2	Minnesota		Räty	2,286	18–9–1–0	26–11–1	WCHA Final Face-off (Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, MN)
38	March 16	North Dakota	2–3	Minnesota	3OT	Räty	2,750	18–9–1–0	26–12–1	NCAA Regionals (Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, MN)

Notes:

(EX) Denotes an exhibition game

† Denotes a non-conference game

Awards and honors

Meghan Dufault, WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of January 9, 2013)